NASCAR HOTPASS™ on DIRECTV is back, and it’s FREE to all DIRECTV customers. Four dedicated driver channels offering viewers multiple camera angles, real-time statistics and audio of the network broadcast augmented by live communication between the drivers and their pit crews are available for all 36 points-paying races during the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
The NASCAR HOTPASS lineup for the Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is as follows:
DIRECTV Channel 795:
Kyle Busch and the No. 18 M&M’s Ms. Brown Toyota team of Joe Gibbs Racing
Kyle Busch will make his 260th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his ninth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has one win (2009), two poles (2008 and 2009) and four top-10 finishes in eight career Sprint Cup starts at Las Vegas … The 26-year-old Las Vegas native has 23 wins and has 12 top-10 finishes in 259 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Busch’s eighth full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of fifth in 2007 … Won 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship … Started 12th and finished sixth last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks ninth in Sprint Cup Series points with one top-10 finish.
DIRECTV Channel 796:
Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet team of Richard Childress Racing
Kevin Harvick will make his 397th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 12th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has four top-10 finishes in 10 starts at Las Vegas … The 36-year-old Bakersfield, Calif., native has 18 wins and 176 top-10 finishes in 396 Sprint Cup starts … Won 2001 and 2006 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … 2012 marks Harvick’s 12th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2010 … Started eighth and finished second last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks third in Sprint Cup Series points with two top-10 finishes.
DIRECTV Channel 797:
Jimmie Johnson and the No. 48 Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Jimmie Johnson will make his 366th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 11th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has four wins (2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010) and five top-10 finishes in 10 starts at Las Vegas … The 36-year-old El Cajon, Calif., native has 55 wins and 225 top-10 finishes in 365 Sprint Cup starts … 2012 marks Johnson’s 11th full year in Sprint Cup and he has five championships (2006-2010) … Started fourth and finished fourth last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks 38th in Sprint Cup Series points with one top-10 finish.
DIRECTV Channel 798:
Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the No. 88 National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet team of Hendrick Motorsports
Dale Earnhardt Jr., will make his 438th career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start and his 13th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway … Has five top-10 finishes in 12 starts at Las Vegas … The 37-year-old Kannapolis, N.C., native has won 18 races and has 163 top-10 finishes in 437 Sprint Cup starts… Won 1998 and 1999 NASCAR Nationwide Series championships … 2012 marks Earnhardt’s 13th full year in Sprint Cup with a career-best points finish of third in 2003… Started 29th and finished 14th last week at Phoenix International Raceway … Ranks fifth in Sprint Cup Series points with one top-10 finish.
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